Virender Sehwag Record IND vs WI: Former Indian cricket team player Virender Sehwag made many big records during his career. He played many memorable innings. But some of these innings were special for Sehwag as well as the fans. Sehwag is at number one in the list of captains who have scored most runs for India in a match of ODI cricket and no one has been able to break his record yet. Sehwag had achieved this feat on this day (8th December) in 2011.
Actually, in the year 2011, West Indies team came on India tour. During this, the fourth match of the ODI series was played in Indore. Batting first, India set a mountain-like target for West Indies. Team India scored 418 runs. During this, Captain Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir came to open. Gambhir was out after scoring 67 runs in 67 balls. But Sehwag persisted. He scored 219 runs facing 149 balls. This innings of Sehwag included 25 fours and 7 sixes.
This innings of Sehwag created a stir in Indore. This became a world record. Sehwag is the captain with the highest run scorer in an ODI match for India. This record of his has not been broken yet. In this matter Rohit Sharma is at number two. Rohit had scored unbeaten 208 runs against Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar is at number three. Sachin had scored unbeaten 186 runs against New Zealand.
It is noteworthy that in the match played in Indore, India had defeated West Indies by 153 runs. Suresh Raina also scored a half-century in this match. He scored 55 runs facing 44 balls. This innings of Raina included 6 fours. The West Indies team, which came to chase the target given by India, was all out on the score of 265 runs. During this, Ravindra Jadeja had taken 3 wickets. Rahul Sharma also got three wickets.